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Wednesday Picture: Murder on Brecknock Road


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  1. And according to the Old Bailey records (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18860803), the result of the trial:

    GEORGE VINCENT HENEAGE FINCH (19) was indicted for the wilful murder of John William Bowes.

    Upon the evidence of Dr. Henry Charlton Bastian and Mr. Philip Francis Gilbert, surgeon of H. M. Prison, Holloway, the Jury found the prisoner to be of unsound mind and unfit to plead to the indictment. Ordered to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure.

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2 thoughts on “Wednesday Picture: Murder on Brecknock Road”

  1. And according to the Old Bailey records (http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18860803), the result of the trial:

    GEORGE VINCENT HENEAGE FINCH (19) was indicted for the wilful murder of John William Bowes.

    Upon the evidence of Dr. Henry Charlton Bastian and Mr. Philip Francis Gilbert, surgeon of H. M. Prison, Holloway, the Jury found the prisoner to be of unsound mind and unfit to plead to the indictment. Ordered to be detained during Her Majesty’s pleasure.

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